Stepan Aleksandrovich Voronin (1858 - 1926) - Russian military leader, Lieutenant-General of the General Staff , hero of the First World War .
| Stepan Aleksandrovich Voronin | |||||||||||
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| Date of Birth | August 2, 1858 | ||||||||||
| Place of Birth | Petersburg Province , Russian Empire | ||||||||||
| Date of death | August 2, 1926 (68 years) | ||||||||||
| Place of death | Prague , Czechoslovakia | ||||||||||
| Affiliation |  Russian empire | ||||||||||
| Type of army | General base | ||||||||||
| Rank | lieutenant general | ||||||||||
| Battles / Wars | World War I Russian civil war | ||||||||||
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Biography
Entered the service in 1878 after graduating from the Imperial Alexander Lyceum . In 1879, after graduating from the officer classes of the Konstantinovsky Military School, he was promoted to lieutenant of the guard and promoted to the Preobrazhensky Life Guards Regiment . In 1877 he was promoted to lieutenant of the guard, in 1885 to lieutenant of the guard.
In 1888, after graduating from the Nikolaev Military Academy on the I category, he was made headquarters captains of the guard, renamed to captains of the General Staff - company commander of the Preobrazhensky Life Guards regiment and senior adjutant of the 2nd Guards Infantry Division headquarters. Since 1890, the chief officer for assignments at the headquarters, since 1892, the lieutenant colonel is the senior adjutant of the headquarters of the Warsaw Military District .
Since 1893 military agent in Vienna . In 1896, for distinguished service, he was promoted to colonel . Since 1900, the head of the General Staff . In 1903, for distinction in service, he was promoted to major general . Since 1904, the district quartermaster general of the headquarters of the Warsaw Military District. Since 1907, the commander of the brigade of the 3rd Guards Infantry Division. Since 1908, the commander of the 47th infantry reserve brigade. In 1910, for distinction in service, he was promoted to lieutenant-general with the appointment of the commander of the 23rd infantry division .
Since 1914, he participated in the First World War at the head of his division. Since 1915, the commander of the 40th Army Corps and at the disposal of the commander-in-chief of the armies of the South-Western Front , since 1916 - the Northern Front .
The highest order of March 9, 1915 for bravery was awarded the St. George weapon [1] :
| For the fact that on August 17, 1914, with the division entrusted to him, he defeated the Austrian troops and captured Opole posad from battle, thereby securing the right flank of the 4th army from the detour and put the limit on the attack of the left flank of the Austrians, with which he took: 4 guns, 3 front ends , 8 machine guns, 3 staff officers, 27 senior officers and 1105 lower ranks |
Since 1917, he was in the reserve ranks at the headquarters of the Petrograd Military District . After the October Revolution - a member of the White movement as part of the Volunteer Army and the All -Soviet Volunteer People 's Alliance - General of Infantry , was in the reserve ranks at the headquarters of the Crimean-Azov Volunteer Army and at the headquarters of the Commander-in-Chief of the All-Soviet Union. Since 1920, in exile in Czechoslovakia . He died in 1926 in Prague , buried in the Orthodox Olshansky cemetery.
Awards
- Order of St. Stanislav 3rd degree (VP 1889)
- Order of St. Anne of the 3rd degree with swords and bow (GP 1892)
- Order of St. Vladimir of the 4th degree (GP 1895)
- Order of St. Stanislav 2nd degree (VP 1899)
- Order of St. Vladimir of the 3rd degree (GP 1902)
- Order of St. Stanislav 1st degree with swords (VP 1906)
- Order of St. Anne 1st Degree with Swords (VP 06.12.1909)
- Order of St. Vladimir of the 2nd degree with swords (VP 06.12.1913; Swords - VP 18.03.1915)
- Order of the White Eagle (VP 02.01.1915)
- Georgievsk weapons (VP 09.03.1915)
Notes
- ↑ Voronin Stepan :: Documents on awards :: First World War :: Georgievskiye weapon . gwar.mil.ru. The appeal date is July 30, 2019.
Literature
- Shabanov V.M. Military Order of the Holy Great Martyr and George the Victorious. Nominal lists 1769-1920. (Bibliographical reference) . - M .: Russian World, 2004. - 922 p. - 3000 copies - ISBN 5-89577-059-2 .
- Volkov S. V. The Generality of the Russian Empire: Encyclopedic Dictionary of Generals and Admirals from Peter I to Nicholas II: in 2 volumes. - M .: Tsentrpoligraf , 2009. - T. 1 : A — K. - p. 690. - ISBN 978-5-227-02054-3 .
- Zalessky K.A. Who was who in the First World War. M. , 2003
- Volkov S.V. Officers of the Russian Guard. M. , 2002
- Brusilov A. A. My memories. M. , 2001
- VP on the military department // Russian disabled / Scout for 1914-1915.
- RGVIA : F.400. Op.12 D.27007. L.329-330 (1914); F.409. Op.1. s / a 191-977 (1915)
Links
- Voronin, Stepan Aleksandrovich . // Project "Russian Army in the Great War."
- Voronin, Stepan Aleksandrovich . // George Knights of the Great War.